Friday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day I determined I could live with my bushy hair no longer so, after work mid afternoon, I walked to Fish Hoek to find a hairdresser. I had seen someone on FB talk of one and decided to go there. I stopped outside and read the sign. Even though it looked like a barber shop, they did do ladies cuts, so in I walked. It was a brave step! There was a lady and a gentleman in the shop but when I asked the lady is they did lady’s hair, it was the man who stepped in and said yes. With that I was told to sit down at the mirror. I obediently took my seat and waited. I thought perhaps he was messaging the lady stylist as I sat there for quite some minutes, so it was with some surprise that he soon stopped what he was doing and approached me. He put the cape around me and then in broken English (that should have been a sign) asked me what I wanted. I told him I want about 2cm (I was being conservative) taken off all round, but keep the shape.
As he approached me with his large sharp scissors, I had a hard time keeping a straight face. It was just the way he did it – with his arm almost fully stretched out, slightly raised, scissors poised. At the first cut, I knew 2cm all around keeping the shape was not going to be today’s style. To my horror, he took a chunk of my hair at the back and lopped off about 10cm to half way up the back of my head. Once that was done, it was too late to do anything. I had to sit tight and hope for the best.
I was pleased to get out with hair still on my head, but I haven’t had it this short in years!
David took a pic of the back
Fortunately, it will grow. It wasn’t too bad a cut in the end, just a very short one. It reminded me of when Sara Abrahams cut my hair when we were both 10. Her mother was a hairdresser and she aspired to be one too. I was a willing guinea pig. Of course, she made a complete mess up & both our mothers were seriously unimpressed. When I connected with Sara on Facebook a few years ago, she apologised! Ha ha. This was her recollection of it…
It was the second time this week I had to suppress a smile. The first time was when I was speaking to someone and they said they were keen to ‘yelp’ people.
This morning I encountered these words of Jesus.
Luke 11:9-10
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
I have experienced them to be true.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 